Septic shock

Septic shock is a serious medical condition causing such effects as multiple organ failure and death in response to infection and sepsis. Its most common victims are children and the elderly, as their immune systems cannot cope with the infection as well as those of full-grown adults, as well as immunocompromised individuals. Septic shock kills about 50% of its victims.

See also

• anaphylactic shock
• neurogenic shock
• cardiogenic shock